Hi, I've run into a problem with DPDK v17.08, when built with CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_VIRTIO_PMD=y. After rte_eal_init() calls rte_bus_probe() we end up with the first several entries (matching the number of virtio-pci eth devices on the system) in rte_eth_devices[] showing state == RTE_ETH_DEV_ATTACHED. Subsequently when we try to allocate a new device (via rte_eth_dev_attach()), rte_eth_dev_find_free_port() returns a nonzero number the for the first device we really want to use. The device functions properly so this isn't too much of a problem, but effectively it limits the number of virtio eth devices to be half of RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS.
I'd greatly appreciate some guidance on how to work around this - i.e. whether it's fixed in a newer release or if the structures filled in by rte_bus_probe() can be started without attaching, or whatever. Thanks in advance, Dennis Montgomery
